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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Corporate law"”.
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Essays in financial regulation and corporate law
In the first essay, we investigate which provisions, among a set of twenty-four governance provisions followed by the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), are correlated with firm value and stockholder returns. Based on this analysis, we put forward an entrenchment index based on six …
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Fiduciary Duties in Corporate Law and Privacy Law
<p>Articles 147 and 148 of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China ("Chinese Company Law") establishes that directors owe a duty of care to their companies.1 However, both of these provisions fail to explain the role of judicial review in enforcing directors' duty of care. The duty of …
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Accountability of Corporate Management: Analysing the Fiduciary Duty in Corporate Law
… Shareholder primacy is no longer a feasible corporate governance model in the 21st century. The interest of the corporation must include not only shareholder wealth maximization, but also other interests involving the corporation’s expanded liabilities under human rights laws, environmental …
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Restructuring in corporate law firms : implications of a changing division of labor for organizational inequality
… to a recent wave of restructuring among corporate law firm associateships. Drawing from an interview study in the Boston and New York legal markets, I argue that restructuring the division of labor in this context generates nuanced, textured forms of inequality that reach beyond …
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Unraveling the effects of workforce diversity on firm performance: The role of HRM practices in large U.S. corporate law firms
… were examined in the context of U.S. law firms. Moderating influences of HRM practices in this relationship were also tested and these practices include: 1) a compensation structure (hierarchical versus compressed pay dispersion within an organization), 2) a promotion policy (reliance …
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Exploring and Critiquing Corporate Law Practice in Nigeria: Legal Essays in Corporate Governance, Directorship, Taxation, Business Vehicles, and Other Business Combinations
… of the dynamics and regulatory complexities in corporate governance (CG), directorship, taxation, business vehicles, and other business combinations in Nigeria. The publications explored six important facets of corporate law practice in Nigeria, namely (i) the challenges and prospects of the …
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To what extent does the Libyan shareholder protection regime offer equivalent protection to that found in similar selected corporate law systems?
… to that found in the English and Moroccan corporate law regimes. It evaluates the current level of protection that is offered to minority shareholders in Libya in comparison with that available in England and Morocco in order to participate in a reform programme aimed at establishing a …
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What is the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking?
… both legal and regulatory, and to examine how corporate governance, as a sub-species of corporate law can be used to curb excessive risk taking. This paper will examine the failure of current corporate law and regulation to curb excessive risk taking behaviour and present proposals for reform …
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What 15 the role of corporate governance as a sub-species of corporate law in the level of corporate risk taking?
Following the major corporate collapses of the past decade, companies around the world have been considering whether these collapses are a result of the failure of directors of corporations to curb their appe_tite for excessive risk taking. A director's duty to promote the success of the company …
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The Decision of Israeli Businesses to Incorporate and to Go Public in the United States: Does Law Matter? A Comparative Corporate Law Analysis and Empirical Evidence
The comparison between the Israeli and the U.S. law shows that there are insignificant differences between the Israeli and the U.S. laws. Those insignificant differences cannot justify incurring the high costs of incorporating or going public in the U.S. The conclusion we reach from this comparison …
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The Breakdown of Norms as Institutional Change: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Decline of the 'No -Lateral -Hiring' Norm Among Large Corporate Law Firms, 1974--1990
… I examine the 'no-lateral-hiring' norm in the corporate law field and its subsequent breakdown. I am particularly concerned with understanding the endogenous sources and dynamics of its breakdown. I document the emergence and the subsequent breakdown of the no-lateral-hiring norm. I then …
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The correct understanding of the Business Judgment Rule in Section 76(4) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008: avoiding the American mistakes
The South African law concerning directors' duties is intricate under both the common law and the Companies Act. This is an area of corporate law which allows for a wealth of practical and theoretical difficulty. I aim to deconstruct the intricacy of the American experience of the business judgment …
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Corporate actions and the empowerment of non-shareholder constituencies
Corporate law developments concerning the empowerment of non-shareholder constituencies in Anglo-American jurisdictions of the United States of America and the United Kingdom since the 1980s have been of very limited utility. Available literature and legal authorities in both those jurisdictions …
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Legal controls of corporate management in Japan : comparisons with common law jurisdictions
Corporate management involves various individuals, groups and organizations involved with corporations. Among them, in theory, the shareholders and directors play the critical roles in managing the corporations. Shareholders have the ultimate power in managing a corporation, and directors actually …
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Towards Good Corporate Governance in South Africa: Private Enforcement versus Public Enforcement
… devoted to the reform of South African company law. The reform process commenced in September 2003, when the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) initiated a reform programme that included a review of existing securities regulation and, of corporate structures and practices in the area of …
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Exploring the nature of corporate governance On St. Vincent and the Grenadines Within The private limited Liability Company limited by shares: 1845 - 2013
This original thesis explored the nature of corporate governance in St. Vincent and the Grenadines within the private limited liability companies limited by shares. These were unlisted companies. The period under review was from 1845 up to and including 2013. The hypothesis questioned whether there …
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The protection of shareholders' rights versus flexibility in the management of companies: a critical analysis of the implications of corporate law reform on corporate governance in South Africa with specific reference to protection of shareholders
… Department of Trade and Industry embarked on a corporate law reform process which culminated in the enactment of the Companies Act 71 2008. One of the key objectives of the reform process was to provide flexibility in the formation and management of companies. As part of this goal, and by the …
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European Social Enterprise Law
… recent phenomenon in the area of comparative corporate law and governance – the social enterprise corporation. It makes four original contributions to the legal literature. As we shall see in due course, although European social enterprise law features the five basic legal characteristics that …
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Directors and Standards: The Problem of Insufficient Guidance
This thesis identifies two areas within Canadian corporate law where the case law has provided insufficient guidance, and tests the usefulness of an American theory of director liability as an aid to understanding this case law and the legislation it interprets. This theory has been termed the …
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Advancing and protecting the interests of creditors and employees under the Companies Act 71 of 2008
… South African society and point out areas where corporate law can do more to help bring about this transformation. It focuses on creditors and employees as key corporate constituencies whose interests the board of directors have to constantly consider in making decisions. It argues that an …
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